When filmmaker Nirvan Mullick posted a video about 9-year-old Caine's homemade cardboard arcade, it became an instant viral sensation. The documentary has been viewed over six million times on YouTube and Vimeo since it went live in April 2012, but if you still haven't seen it you're in for a treat:

Since then , fans have donated more than $200,000 to Caine's college fund and shared videos of their own cardboard creations. Caine even spoke at the Cannes Lions advertising festival in France. Inspired by the response, Mullick and the team behind the original short launched the Imagination Foundation, to " find, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in kids." They've released a follow up video about the reaction to the video and their efforts with the foundation. Perhaps thanks in part to Mullick's background in advertising, the success of the documentary illustrates the power of a good story, when backed by social media, to move a massive audience.

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg joined The Atlantic in 2011 to launch its video channel and, in 2013, create its in-house video production department. She leads the development and production of original documentaries, interviews, and other video content for The Atlantic. Previously, she worked as a producer at Al Gore’s Current TV and as a content strategist and documentary producer in San Francisco. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University.